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The Swingle Singers

Index The Swingle Singers

The Swingles are a vocal group formed in 1962 in Paris, France by Ward Swingle with Anne Germain, Claude Germain, Jeanette Baucomont, Christiane Legrand, Claudine Meunier, Jean-Claude Briodin, and Jean Cussac. [1]

57 relations: A-Ronne (Berio), Air on the G String, Alto, Annie Lennox, Azio Corghi, Édith Piaf, Étienne Daho, Bach's Greatest Hits, Bass (voice type), BBC Television, Ben Johnston (composer), Beppe Wolgers, Björk, Charles Aznavour, Christiane Legrand, Columbia Records, Contemporary classical music, Cover version, Edward Randell, Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, Glee (TV series), Grammy Award, Horn Concerto No. 4 (Mozart), Jazz, Jean Cussac, Jem (singer), Johann Sebastian Bach, Kings Place, Les Double Six, London A Cappella Festival, Luciano Berio, Maurice Ravel, Miami Vice, Michel Legrand, Mimi Perrin, Modern Jazz Quartet, New York Philharmonic, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Philips Records, Sex and the City, Sinfonia (1968 Berio album), Sinfonia (Berio), Sketch comedy, Soprano, Tenor, Thank You for Smoking, The Beatles, The Gigolos, The Style Council, The Two Ronnies, ..., The Well-Tempered Clavier, The West Wing, They (song), Virgin Records, Ward Swingle, Wedding Crashers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Expand index (7 more) »

A-Ronne (Berio)

A–Ronne is a tape composition for five voice actors by the Italian composer Luciano Berio.

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Air on the G String

"Air on the G String" is August Wilhelmj's arrangement of the second movement in Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068.

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Alto

The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), refers to the second highest part of a contrapuntal musical texture and is also applied to its associated vocal range, especially in choral music.

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Annie Lennox

Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist.

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Azio Corghi

Azio Corghi (born 9 March 1937 in Cirié, Piedmont) is an Italian opera composer, also a teacher and musicologist.

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Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963; nee Édith Giovanna Gassion) was a French singer, songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress noted as France's national chanteuse and one of the country's most widely known international stars.

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Étienne Daho

Étienne Daho (born January 14, 1956 in Oran, French Algeria) is a French singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Bach's Greatest Hits

Bach's Greatest Hits (released as Jazz Sébastien Bach in France) is the debut album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers.

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Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Ben Johnston (composer)

Benjamin Burwell Johnston, Jr. (born March 15, 1926 in Macon, Georgia) is a composer of contemporary music in just intonation: "one of the foremost composers of microtonal music".

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Beppe Wolgers

John Bertil "Beppe" Wolgers (10 November 1928 – 6 August 1986) was a Swedish author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer and artist.

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Björk

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and DJ.

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Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour (born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան; 22 May 1924) is a French, later naturalised Armenian, singer, lyricist, actor, public activist and diplomat.

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Christiane Legrand

Christiane Legrand (August 21, 1930 – November 1, 2011) was a French soprano.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Contemporary classical music

Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s to early 1990s, which includes modernist, postmodern, neoromantic, and pluralist music.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Edward Randell

Edward Randell (born 2 July 1988) is an English musician and actor, who is perhaps best known for his acting work in the Harry Potter film series and as a bassist for the noted international vocal group The Swingle Singers.

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Fugue in G minor, BWV 578

Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, (popularly known as the Little Fugue), is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his years at Arnstadt (1703–1707).

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Glee (TV series)

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Horn Concerto No. 4 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto No.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jean Cussac

Jean Cussac (born 31 May 1922) is a French baritone and music director.

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Jem (singer)

Jemma Griffiths (born 18 May 1975), known by her stage name Jem, is a Welsh singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a composer and musician of the Baroque period, born in the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.

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Kings Place

Kings Place is a building in London’s Kings Cross area, providing music and visual arts venues combined with seven floors of office space.

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Les Double Six

Les Double Six (also known as the Double Six of Paris) was a French vocal jazz group established in 1959 by Mimi Perrin.

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London A Cappella Festival

The London A Cappella Festival is an annual series of concerts based at Kings Place, London showcasing some of the finest a cappella acts from around the world, curated by the five-time Grammy-winning vocal group The Swingle Singers and.

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Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer.

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Maurice Ravel

Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.

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Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an American television crime drama series created by Anthony Yerkovich and executive produced by Michael Mann for NBC.

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Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand (born 24 February 1932) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist.

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Mimi Perrin

Jeannine "Mimi" Perrin (February 2, 1926 – November 16, 2010) was a French jazz pianist and singer, and translator.

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Modern Jazz Quartet

The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop.

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New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States.

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Pavane pour une infante défunte

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Infanta) is piece for solo piano by the French composer Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré.

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Philips Records

Philips Records is a record label that was founded by the Dutch electronics company Philips.

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Sex and the City

Sex and the City is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO.

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Sinfonia (1968 Berio album)

Sinfonia is a 1968 Columbia Records recording of Luciano Berio conducting the New York Philharmonic and The Swingle Singers in the premier of his 4 movement "Sinfonia." The composer would later add a fifth movement.

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Sinfonia (Berio)

Sinfonia (Symphony) is a composition by the Italian composer Luciano Berio which was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its 125th anniversary.

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Sketch comedy

Sketch comedy comprises a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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Thank You for Smoking

Thank You for Smoking is a 2005 American satirical comedy film written and directed by Jason Reitman and starring Aaron Eckhart, based on the 1994 satirical novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Gigolos

The Gigolos is a 2005 British comedy film directed by Richard Bracewell, starring Sacha Tarter, Trevor Sather and Ben Willbond alongside Susannah York, Anna Massey, Angela Pleasence and Siân Phillips.

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The Style Council

The Style Council were an English band formed in 1983 by Paul Weller, the former singer, songwriter, and guitarist with the punk rock/new wave/mod revival band The Jam, and keyboardist Mick Talbot, previously a member of Dexys Midnight Runners, The Bureau and The Merton Parkas.

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The Two Ronnies

The Two Ronnies is a BBC television comedy sketch show created by Bill Cotton for the BBC, which aired on BBC One from April 1971 to December 1987.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier

The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, composed for solo keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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The West Wing

The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006.

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They (song)

"They" is the first single released by Jem from her debut album Finally Woken.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records Ltd. was a British record label founded by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972.

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Ward Swingle

Ward Lamar Swingle (September 21, 1927 – January 19, 2015) was an American vocalist and jazz musician who founded The Swingle Singers in France in 1962.

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Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers is a 2005 American comedy film directed by David Dobkin and written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swingle_Singers

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